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<blockquote data-quote="sniffles" data-source="post: 3489826" data-attributes="member: 30035"><p><strong>Azlin's tale, part 2</strong></p><p></p><p>I've been in Sharn for a couple of months now. Starting to learn my way around, though this place is so complicated and multi-leveled I doubt anyone can ever know all of it well. </p><p> </p><p>Got a message from the Cannith artificer, Artemis, inviting me to dinner, more than once. Got acquainted with him and his adventuring companions. Gwaenna and Conshru are both new to the group, too. Nobody seemed to want to say much about it, but I think Artemis has lost a couple of friends. Adventuring is a dangerous business.</p><p> </p><p>Got a message from Artemis. He's checking into the deaths of some warforged down in the lower levels. I guess he takes it pretty seriously. I'm still not sure they're really people, but I'll go along, see what happens.</p><p> </p><p>Seems people blame the killings on some fabled ghost, 'Jack in Irons', supposed to haunt down deep somewhere. A Cannith heir, according to the stories. But the warforged think humans are destroying them. They had trouble with that before I got to town. Artemis had something to do with finding the killer then, too.</p><p> </p><p>Went down to Blackbones to talk to a warforged named Ash at a place called the Red Hammer. Warforged tavern of sorts, not that they need taverns. Met another warforged called Dandy that actually wears clothes! Pretty foppish clothes at that. Saw a mad warforged, too. Didn't think those things could go mad. Guess maybe they're more like people than I thought.</p><p> </p><p>All the dead warforged were dismembered, parts missing. Is somebody trying to build new ones from old parts? It's against the law to make new ones. Went to see Lord Shlogar, head of a foundry. He had the bodies. Wasn't much help. Says he's investigating and doesn't need any help from Artemis. But he didn't find the gold chain link with the body of the last victim.</p><p> </p><p>Artemis found another link at the scene of the last death. Nobody down here would make gold chain. We were checking the other murder sites when 3 shifters ambushed us. They must have been crazy or desperate. We killed them all. Gwaenna's pretty impressive with her little sword. Conshru likes fire magic. And Sten can shoot some kind of weird purple energy from his arms. </p><p> </p><p>We found more gold links at the other sites we visited, 10 in all. Sten suggested using him as bait to lure the killer. Xil said he could pretend to be warforged too. He's not like other changelings I've heard about. Doesn't try to hide what he is. We might try using Xil to lure out the killer. Hope the killer leaves him be when it figures out he's not really warforged. </p><p> </p><p>Took a while but we found out all the victims worked at the Tain foundry. Went there to talk to the man in charge. Turned out to be one of my kind, but there's something wrong with him. He shaved off his beard! Ugh, I've never seen anything so ugly. He wasn't any more help than Shlogar. Doesn't think warforged are people, doesn't care if they all die.</p><p> </p><p>We heard one of the warforged from the Red Hammer was stirring up trouble. A whole crowd of them had gone off to the foundry. We ran off to stop them. Artemis was able to talk them down before they started a riot. </p><p> </p><p>But we're not getting anywhere with finding out where those gold links come from. The fellow at the Tain foundry had one, but he claimed he'd found it. They're not magic, unless breaking the chain breaks the magic. Maybe they do come from the ghost. But what stirred him up and where is he? </p><p> </p><p>Maybe I'll say a prayer for guidance tomorrow, see where it gets us. </p><p>_____________________</p><p>Quips & Quotes:</p><p></p><p>Hedrin: "Are they regular or irregular?"</p><p>Zora: "That's kind of a personal question."</p><p></p><p>patv: "If we had four more warforged could we make Voltron?"</p><p></p><p>Zora: "I have a Johnny on the spot."</p><p>sniffles: "Johnny, get off that spot!"</p><p>patv: "You need some spot remover."</p><p>Zora: "No, that's a spot on the Johnny."</p><p></p><p>Jubilee: "Do the shifters have darkvision?"</p><p>DH: "No, I don't think they do."</p><p>Zora (as shifter):"I hate living down here. I can't see nothin'."</p><p></p><p>Zora: "Your Diplomacy check bounced."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sniffles, post: 3489826, member: 30035"] [b]Azlin's tale, part 2[/b] I've been in Sharn for a couple of months now. Starting to learn my way around, though this place is so complicated and multi-leveled I doubt anyone can ever know all of it well. Got a message from the Cannith artificer, Artemis, inviting me to dinner, more than once. Got acquainted with him and his adventuring companions. Gwaenna and Conshru are both new to the group, too. Nobody seemed to want to say much about it, but I think Artemis has lost a couple of friends. Adventuring is a dangerous business. Got a message from Artemis. He's checking into the deaths of some warforged down in the lower levels. I guess he takes it pretty seriously. I'm still not sure they're really people, but I'll go along, see what happens. Seems people blame the killings on some fabled ghost, 'Jack in Irons', supposed to haunt down deep somewhere. A Cannith heir, according to the stories. But the warforged think humans are destroying them. They had trouble with that before I got to town. Artemis had something to do with finding the killer then, too. Went down to Blackbones to talk to a warforged named Ash at a place called the Red Hammer. Warforged tavern of sorts, not that they need taverns. Met another warforged called Dandy that actually wears clothes! Pretty foppish clothes at that. Saw a mad warforged, too. Didn't think those things could go mad. Guess maybe they're more like people than I thought. All the dead warforged were dismembered, parts missing. Is somebody trying to build new ones from old parts? It's against the law to make new ones. Went to see Lord Shlogar, head of a foundry. He had the bodies. Wasn't much help. Says he's investigating and doesn't need any help from Artemis. But he didn't find the gold chain link with the body of the last victim. Artemis found another link at the scene of the last death. Nobody down here would make gold chain. We were checking the other murder sites when 3 shifters ambushed us. They must have been crazy or desperate. We killed them all. Gwaenna's pretty impressive with her little sword. Conshru likes fire magic. And Sten can shoot some kind of weird purple energy from his arms. We found more gold links at the other sites we visited, 10 in all. Sten suggested using him as bait to lure the killer. Xil said he could pretend to be warforged too. He's not like other changelings I've heard about. Doesn't try to hide what he is. We might try using Xil to lure out the killer. Hope the killer leaves him be when it figures out he's not really warforged. Took a while but we found out all the victims worked at the Tain foundry. Went there to talk to the man in charge. Turned out to be one of my kind, but there's something wrong with him. He shaved off his beard! Ugh, I've never seen anything so ugly. He wasn't any more help than Shlogar. Doesn't think warforged are people, doesn't care if they all die. We heard one of the warforged from the Red Hammer was stirring up trouble. A whole crowd of them had gone off to the foundry. We ran off to stop them. Artemis was able to talk them down before they started a riot. But we're not getting anywhere with finding out where those gold links come from. The fellow at the Tain foundry had one, but he claimed he'd found it. They're not magic, unless breaking the chain breaks the magic. Maybe they do come from the ghost. But what stirred him up and where is he? Maybe I'll say a prayer for guidance tomorrow, see where it gets us. _____________________ Quips & Quotes: Hedrin: "Are they regular or irregular?" Zora: "That's kind of a personal question." patv: "If we had four more warforged could we make Voltron?" Zora: "I have a Johnny on the spot." sniffles: "Johnny, get off that spot!" patv: "You need some spot remover." Zora: "No, that's a spot on the Johnny." Jubilee: "Do the shifters have darkvision?" DH: "No, I don't think they do." Zora (as shifter):"I hate living down here. I can't see nothin'." Zora: "Your Diplomacy check bounced." [/QUOTE]
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